MOM! Another hognose!

I pretty much know now that when I hear shouting and yelling, one of my children have found a snake or other amazing creature. When we have company and this happens, my guests assume a child has lost a limb or someone has drowned in the pond, but I hurry to put on my shoes as I grab the camera. To say that I am pleased about where we ended up living is a major understatement.

My daughter walked over a sheet of plastic in the field and heard a hissing. She yelled "Hognose!" and my son was in the yard and grabbed a snake hook and went to her. He flipped the plastic and hooked the snake and then held it, all the while walking around the yard yelling for me. I was walking along the perimeter of the field with a friend, and her children were also over. I wish I could include the sheer excitement of my son, how he came up to us and shared the story and talked about what a beauty the snake was. It makes me so happy that they are making awesome memories.

We took pictures of the snake and put it back where we found it. It was still playing dead, so it was a little silly to see this "dead" snake under the sheet of plastic.

The third shot is really cool!

You should set out some tin, or old carpet chunks, or pieces of roofing black stuff that goes under shingles. You put it at the edge of the tree line, where it gets sun and shade, and then leave it alone for a few months.

I love the pic of your son with the hoggy!

Great pics! Thanks for sharing.